New Knitted Shawl Pattern Ride the Whirlwind
I love designing shawls, because to me, they are relatively simple, at least they are when compared to a garment where you have to size everything…I do not have the patience or the time to put in the work.
But with Shawls, I can flip through my pattern books looking for something that interests me, and then start swatching in my yarn of choice, usually my own Hand Dyed Yarns
Don’t get me wrong, there is still a lot of work that goes in to designing; charting, writing out the pattern, photographing the finished piece, and sending it off to a tech editor who sharpens up her red pencil to correct and modify the pattern where needed. And finally the fun part, I get to rollout my latest creation here on my blog, as well as on Ravelry and my Etsy Shop.
Ride the Whirlwind, my latest design, is an asymmetrical crescent shaped shawl, which is worked in two colors, and uses several different stitch patterns to provide texture and visual interest.
The crescent shaping creates the illusion of a swirling effect, reminiscent of a whirlwind.
The different stitch/color block sections, which include garter, stockinette, drop, and slip stitch, are easy to work and keep the knitting interesting.
The Nitty Gritty Pattern Details
The shawl is worked flat, back and forth, and begins with 4 stitches. The shape is achieved by increasing two stitches at the start of every right side row, decreasing one stitch at the end of the row, & increasing one stitch at the end of every wrong side row. The shawl ends by binding off with a stretchy bindoff.
This pattern has been professionally tech edited and test knit by a group of amazing Ravelry knitters!! Be sure to check out my Ravelry Page to see all of their finished shawls along with their amazing color choices!
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner to Intermediate
Size: 37” 94 cm x 19” 48 cm after blocking (can be adjusted based on how aggressively you block).
Materials:
Rolling E Ranch Merino/Nylon fingering weight yarn (462 yds/422 m, 3.5 oz/100 g, 75% superwash merino/25% nylon)
1 skein French Roast colorway (MC)
1 skein Sapphire Pool colorway (CC)
Pattern may be worked in any fingering weight yarn.
As always, I would love to hear your comments…you can add them below.
Are you a knitter? Would you like to see more posts like this? Or maybe on some other aspect of knitting? Let me know what you think.
Happy Trails,
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This is beautiful…i know how to crochet, did a bit of knitting, you male me want to try it again! Thanks for sharing.
Very pretty from a totally non-knitter.
Hi Diana – Is there a way I can forward this to my sisterinlaw. The shawl is absolutely gorgeous!
Hi Gayle…Great to hear from you! I have just made an update showing round Share Buttons on the left side of the blog post. If you click on the envelope icon, it should take you to a gmail popup that will allow you to send the post to your sister in law. Please let me know if you have any problems doing this. And bless your heart for your kind compliment! Diana
Hey Gayle…Update on sharing the post. If you do not have gmail, I have now added a button under my signature that will allow you to send the post via your own email account!